FATE OF THE RIPPLE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10179, 9 August 1924, Page 5

FATE OF THE RIPPLE

NO DEFINITE WORD YET.

body found at flat point.

IDENTIFIED A 3 NORWEGIAN. (Per Press Association— Copyright-) GISBORNE, This Day. The description given of the body of the sailor from the Ripple found on the beach at Flat Point, according to a sailor on the Richardson steamer, Awahou, points to it being Andrew Anderson, single, a Norwegian, from Wellington.

CARGO IDENTIFIED _ , •,± NAPIER, This Day. The Richardson Company says, there •is no doubt about the identity of- the lifeboat and the cargo coming ashore. The barrels were part of the Ripple’s deck cargo and may have been washed overboard. Masterton messages from the coast this afternoon state that nothing fresh has been discovered, except a barrel otgpil near White Rock. The sea is smooth and the weather fine. THE TWO PASSENGERS. WERE THEY ON BOARD P

WELLINGTON, This Day. Doubt still exists as to whether there are two passengers aboard the Ripple. These are R. B. Taylor and P. Lendan Taylor, accountant for the A. D. Riley Company, of Wellington. The latter is a married man with a grownup family. Taylor served in the war and was a powerful swimmer, but suffered poor health as the result of war injuries. He booked on and it is believed joined tbe ship at the time of sailing. Lendan booked for Napier on Tuesday, but it is uncertain what his movements were afterwards. His place of residence is unknown. The ship carried the largest cargo tor months, totalling 450 tons, hut no machinery or motor-cars. DUNEDIN, This Day. R. E. Taylor, a passenger on the Ripple formerly resided at St. Hilda, Dunedin, and was a member of the local bowling club. He is married, with two daughters, and was the son of the Rev. Robert Taylor, Methodist Minister.

The man Taylor who is reported missing is stated to he a son of the Rev. Robert Taylor, who was minister of the Methodist Church at Ashburton for a period of about three years, some 25 years ago.

AMERICAN OIL-TANKER.

ROUGH TIME EXPERIENCED

HOVE-TO all NIGHT.

MOUNTAINOUS SeAS

WELLINGTON, This Day. The American oil-tanker, Mercius H. Whittier had a wild time outside *VelJingfcon on Thursday in the vicinity ot the Ripple’s supposed' struggle, the Mercius H. Whittier arrived off the Heads on Wednesday night, but, m face of the heavy seas and the gale, the captain decided to stand out. tlie ship was hove-to all night and all Thursday till midnight, when the wind eased off and the vessel, which was then 65 miles south-east of W ellington Heads, was'{hit on her course for the port. The gale came from the southwest, with terrific rain, and squally and dangerous breaking seas, mountains high. The collapse of the ventilators led to the flooding of the lorepeak and of the crew’s quarters alt. The Marcius H. Whittier was in the neighbourhood of the Ripple s supposed position yesterday morning, but nothing was seen of any other craft.